Foot-rest for stoves



(No Model.)

G. H. WOODWORTH.

FOOT BEST FOR STOVES.

No. 859,046. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GERTRUDE H. WOODWORTH, OF ALGONA, IOXVA.

FOOT-REST FOR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,046, dated March 8, 1887.

Application filed October 11, 1886. Serial No. 215,867. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GERTRUDE H. W001)- WORTH, of Algona, in the county of Kossuth and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Foot-Rest for Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the construction of foot-rests, the object of the invention being to provide a foot-rest which may be attached to almost any form of stove that is provided with a foot-rail, as will be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a face view of a stove provided with my improved form of foot-rest, parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the foot-rest and a portion of the stove, the clamping -screws being removed and the hooked plates being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a view of a portion of a stove, wherein the foot-rail is shown in section and wherein the base of the stove projects beyond the foot-rail, a modified form of foot-restclamping attachment being illustrated in this view. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the hooked clamping-piece that is illustrated in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the clamp ing-plate illustrated in Fig. 3.

In the drawings, represents afrau1e,arranged to receive and support an upholstered body, 11, which body 11 constitutes the upper face of the foot-rest. To the underside of the frame 10 I secure two clamping-arms, 12, the extending ends of the arms being bent downward and outward at 2, and then inward and downward at 3,and finally to the rear at 4, to form a hook that will overlap the foot-rail 14 of a stove, 15; but any other proper form of hook could be formed upon the arms 12. The extending ends 5 of the arms 12 are formed with threaded apertures that are entered and engaged by thumb screws 16, which said thumb-screws carry clamping-plates 17, that are formed with hooks 18, adapted to fit under and engage with the flange 19 of the hearth 20. The portion of the foot-stool that is adjacent to the stove isprotected by a zinc strip, that is shown at 21.

In attaching the foot-stool to a stove the arms 12 are adjusted so as to extend in a proper manner to engage with the foot-rail 14,whether said rail be straight or curved, and whether it be desired to secure the footrest to the corner or to one side or in front of the stove, and the hooks are brought into engagement with the foot-rail, and the clamping-screws are turned up so as to bind against the under side of the foot-rail, the hook-plate 17 being adjusted, so that as the point of the thumb-screw is brought to bear hard against the under side of the footrail the hooked end of the plate will engage with the flange of the hearth of the stove; and in order that the proper adjustment of the parts may be obtained I prefer to form the plate 17 with a number of threaded apertures, 6, anyone of which may be brought into engagement with the thumb-screw.

In Fig. 3 I illustrate an arrangement whereby the foot-rest may be attached to stoves having their bases projecting beyond the rail, this attachment consisting of a plate, 22, formed with a number of threaded apertures, as 7, near one end, and a single threaded aperture, S, at the other end, the thumbscrew 16 in this case being brought into engagement with the proper aperture 7 of the plate 22 to bring theaperture 8 of said plate out beyond the base of the stove, said aperture 8 being engaged by a second thumb-screw, 23, which carries a hooked clamping-plate, 24, that is in all respects similar to the hooked clamping plate 17 said plate being brought into engagement with the base of the stove, as indicated in Fig. 3, and being indirectly connected with the screw 16 by means of the plate 22 and screw 23, instead of being directly connected, as in Fig. 1.

The foot-rest described will be found to be exceedingly convenient and much more comfortable as a supporting device for the feet than the old form of footrail, and,being a nonconductor of heat, will retain its warmth,after having once been thoroughly heated, much longer than a metallic rail would do.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The foot-rest for stoves herein shown and described, comprising the frame 10, provided with forwardly-extending hooks atits rear end, the ends 5 of said hooks extending forward parallel with the frame 10 and having vertical threaded apertures, the screws 16, extending up the arms 5 of the hooks being parallel with the arms 12 and provided with vertical threaded apertures, the screws 16, extending up through said apertures, the apertured plates 22 on the said screws parallel with the arms 12, rearward-extending hooked plate 24,parallel with the plate 22, and the screw 23, connectingsaid 2o plates 2224, substantially as set forth.

GERTRUDE H. WooDwoR'rH.

Vitnesses:

C. T. Dom), GEO. HUNT. 

